# How Wes Bos actually uses coding agents

Syntax podcast co-host

**If you take one thing:** `vite-plugin-killer-instincts`, hands the LLM a kill command. rather than a rule the agent can ignore, he ships a deterministic Vite plugin whose error tells the agent which process holds the port and how to kill it.

- **Agent:** Claude Code (cli) ([source, 2026-05-13](https://x.com/wesbos/status/2054600706644914681))
- **Agent:** Codex (app) ([source, 2026-09-07](https://syntax.fm/show/1036/cursor-and-openai-break-up/transcript))
- **Agent:** OpenCode (cli) ([source, 2026-09-07](https://syntax.fm/show/1036/cursor-and-openai-break-up/transcript))
- **Model:** Claude Opus 5.5 ([source, 2026-09-22](https://x.com/wesbos/status/2102450119975277027))
- **Model:** Codex models ([source, 2026-09-07](https://syntax.fm/show/1036/cursor-and-openai-break-up/transcript))
- **Review:** Reviews after the fact: tests it works, checks for duplicated messes ([source, 2026-02-11](https://syntax.fm/show/978/should-a-new-coder-use-ai/transcript))
- **Harness:** tmux (trying Herder), Termius on mobile, remote box over Cloudflare Tunnel ([source, 2026-07-22](https://syntax.fm/show/1023/mosh-caddy-and-tailscale-a-remote-dev-deep-dive/transcript))
- **Skills:** tip, blog-post, wes-bos-writing-style ([source, 2026-03-02](https://github.com/wesbos/wesbos/tree/c8a8bff46d4ccbddae81d42abb752f70af8e0863/.agent/skills))
- **MCP servers:** cloudflare, davinci-resolve ([source, 2026-08-19](https://syntax.fm/show/1031/my-coding-skills-are-atrophying/transcript))

## In their words

> Burned $91.34 with Claude Code /goal in 3.5 hours

> I I split my time probably right now 33% each between codex desktop, I've been really enjoying.

> Open code CLI with I've been testing all of these new models that that have been coming out, especially a lot of the, like, free or cheap Chinese ones.

> I've been using Opus 5.5 over the last week and ran a TON of tokens through it.

> Yeah. I've been using codex models quite a bit.


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